Nursing Journals and Organizations

Journals
Electronic Journals
Print Journals
Professional Nursing Organizations

Journals

Nursing Journals in the Ablah Library

WSU subscribes to journals in both print and electronic formats, so sometimes a journal will be available in both formats and sometimes a journal will be available only in print or electronically. Below is brief overview on finding electronic and print journals.

Electronic Journals

WSU faculty, students and staff users have access to a number of electronic journals in nursing. To find full-text electronic journals, click “E-journals” on the library home page. Search or browse journals by title or browse journals by subject (for example, browse through all the e-journals categorized under health sciences or browse the specific nursing e-journals):

Health Sciences e-journals

Nursing e-journals

Selected Print Journals in the Ablah Library

American journal of nursing.
American nurse.
ANS, Advances in nursing science.
British journal of nursing.
Community outlook.
Holistic nursing practice.
Image : the journal of nursing scholarship.
Imprint.
International journal of nursing studies.
International nursing review : official journal of the International Council of Nurses.
Journal of advanced nursing.
Journal of nursing education.
Journal of nursing scholarship : an official publication of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing.
Journal of professional nursing : official journal of the American Association of Colleges of Nursing.
Journal of psychiatric nursing and mental health services.
Journal of psychosocial nursing and mental health services.
Kansas nurse.
N & HC perspectives on community : official publication of the National League for Nursing.
Nurse practitioner.
Nursing.
Nursing & health care : official publication of the National League for Nursing.
Nursing and health care perspectives.
Nursing clinics of North America.
Nursing education perspectives.
Nursing forum.
Nursing law's Regan report.
Nursing mirror and midwives journal.
Nursing outlook.
Nursing research.
Nursing science quarterly.
Professional nurse.
Regan report on nursing law.
Research in nursing & health.
RN.
Supervisor nurse.
Topics in clinical nursing.
Western journal of nursing research.

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Using Subject Headings and Keywords to Find Nursing Journals

Catalog subject headings may be applied to find journals relevant to a particular aspect or area of nursing (when using subject headings, you will encounter a mix of print and electronic journals in the results).

For example, you could view just the journals with the following subject headings:

You may also want to try a "keyword anywhere" search by selecting "keyword anywhere" from the Search By box and then entering terms relevant to your search. For example to find nursing periodicals relevant to emergency nursing, you could enter the following search string into the search box: emergen? AND nursing AND periodicals

This would find all of the nursing periodicals that also relate to emergency care. If you just wanted to browse nursing periodicals in general, you could conduct a "keyword anywhere" search and enter the following into the search box: nursing AND periodicals.

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Professional Nursing Organizations

Academy College of Nurse Practitioners

  • Focusing on legislative, regulatory and clinical practice issues

Academy of Medical-Surgical Nurses

  • Professional news and resources, online CE opportunities and career advice

American Academy of Nursing

  • Comprised of approximately 1700 nursing leaders in education, management, practice and research

American Association of Critical Care Nurses

  • Resources for critical care nurses through journals, products, peer networking, certification exams for CCRN and CCNS credentials as well as continuing education credits (CE) programs.

American Association of Nurse Anesthetists

  • Information guidance and resources on anesthesiology issues

American Nurses Association

  • Services, products and information including certification and credentialing

American Nurses Credentialing Center

  • Credentialing programs and related services

American Psychiatric Nurses Association

  • Fosters excellence in the domains of education, policy, practice, research, and organizational development in the specialty practice of psychiatric-mental health nursing

AORN (Association of Perioperative Registered Nurses)

  • AORN is the professional organization of perioperative registered nurses. AORN's mission is to support registered nurses in achieving optimal outcomes for patients undergoing operative and other invasive procedures by providing members with education, standards, services, and representation.

Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses

  • Professional association for nurses who specialize in the care of women and newborns

Choose Nursing

  • Coordinated through the Coalition for Nursing Careers in California, provides downloadable posters, powerpoint presentations and other tools

HealthWeb Nursing

  • Complete, authoritative list of links to nursing resources in the categories of academic institutions, associations, career resources, and discussion groups

Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association

  • Devoted to hospice and palliative care nursing and related disciplines

Infusion Nurses Society

  • Promotes excellence in infusion nursing through standards, education, advocacy and outcomes research

John A. Hartford Foundation Institute for Geriatric Nursing

  • Identifies and develops best practices in nursing care of older adults

Medscape Nurses

  • News, resources, CME and links to related centers and resources

National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN)

  • Information on nursing regulation and licensure

National Institute of Nursing Research

  • Nursing research grants and information supported by the NINR

National League for Nursing

  • Devoted to nursing education, online courses in professional development, provides research grants in nursing education

Oncology Nursing Society

  • Information for oncology nurses, other healthcare providers, people with cancer and their families and friends

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Updated: August 19, 2008     Contact the Health and Life Sciences Librarian